📅 Saturday, August 15
⏰ 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
🎟️ Admission: $15
📍 Antique Boat Museum, Clayton, NY
Throughout the day:
📸 Digitization Station – Bring your historic boating photos and we’ll scan them on the spot. You’ll get a digital copy, too!
💻 Digitization Demonstrations – See how historic photographs and documents are preserved for the future.
🔎 Museum-Wide Scavenger Hunt – Search for throughout ABM’s exhibits.
📚 Research Help Desk – Have a question about a boat, builder, or piece of wooden boating history? Let us help you dig into it!
Join us for the 2nd Annual Bob Speltz Day on Saturday, August 15, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Antique Boat Museum! This special annual event celebrates the legacy of Bob Speltz, one of the most influential voices in the wooden boating world, while highlighting the important work of the Lou Smith Library & Marion Clayton Link Archives and the value of preserving boating history for future generations.
Bob Speltz was a passionate historian, writer, and lifelong boating enthusiast whose multi-volume series, The Real Runabouts, remains one of the most respected resources on classic wooden boats. Through meticulous research and engaging storytelling, Speltz documented the histories of countless boatbuilders and helped preserve stories that might otherwise have been lost, inspiring generations of collectors, restorers, researchers, and boating enthusiasts.
Whether you’re a longtime wooden boat enthusiast, a history buff, or simply curious about what goes on behind the scenes in the Museum’s archives, Bob Speltz Day is an opportunity to explore the stories and resources that help keep boating history alive.
The 2nd Annual Bob Speltz Day is proudly sponsored by the Land-O-Lakes Chapter of the Antique and Classic Boat Society (ACBS). Based in the Upper Midwest, the chapter is dedicated to the preservation, restoration, and enjoyment of antique and classic boats.
